FARLEIGH WALLOP DISTRICT HEATING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08848353 · ltd · incorporated 2014-01-16
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£258.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35300
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -62% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
30 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £257,979
Net assets shrinking
Down £28,242 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 62% YoY
Cash YoY
-62%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£8k
↓ 62% YoY
Net Worth
£258k
↓ 9.9% YoY
Current Assets
£38k
↓ 25% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£57k£114k£172k£229k£286kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£258.0k£286.2k
Current assets£38.0k£50.9k
Cash£8.0k£21.1k
Debtors£18.4k£16.7k
Net assets£258.0k£286.2k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-19
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  2. 2024-11-29
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  3. 2023-11-22
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  4. 2022-12-20
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  5. 2021-12-22
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  6. 2020-12-22
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-01-20
    IDDESON, Greta resigned
    secretary
  8. 2020-01-20
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    officers · TM02
  9. 2019-09-05
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  10. 2018-11-26
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  11. 2017-12-06
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  12. 2016-12-06
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  13. 2016-02-05
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  14. 2015-10-26
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  15. 2015-02-06
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  16. 2015-02-05
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  17. 2014-01-31
    MEAD, Rupert Thomas appointed
    director
  18. 2014-01-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As FARLEIGH WALLOP DISTRICT HEATING LIMITED
  19. 2014-01-16
    LYMINGTON, Oliver Henry Rufus, Viscount appointed
    director
  20. 2014-01-16
    IDDESON, Greta appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

49/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Trustees Of The Viscount Lymington Settlement is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Trustees Of The Viscount Lymington Settlement
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
FARLEIGH WALLOP DISTRICT HEATING LIMITED
This company · 08848353

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Trustees Of The Viscount Lymington Settlement
Corporate entity
75100%
75-100% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-01-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC35300 — SIC 35300

Registered office

Estate Office
Farleigh Wallop
Basingstoke
Hampshire
RG25 2HT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-30
Last: 2026-01-16

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

LYMINGTON, Oliver Henry Rufus, Viscount
director · ~45y · appointed 2014-01-16
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Active
MEAD, Rupert Thomas
director · ~49y · appointed 2014-01-31
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Active
IDDESON, Greta
secretary · appointed 2014-01-16 · resigned 2020-01-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (30 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-20
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officers · TM02
2020-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-05